But it seems that HTC will still be launching the Bravo, which like the Nexus One has a 3.7-inch OLED screen, Snapdragon 1GHz processor and 5MP camera with Android 2.1.

Sense-ible choice

On top of that, it's likely to be rocking its Sense UI, with improved social networking integration, more home screens and now downloadable widgets as well.

The news comes from 3 Sweden, which has tipped the HTC Bravo to get a March launch over there – which means it's likely to be coming here around the same time too, unless Google is blocking the handset in countries where it's launching the Nexus One.

We're excited to find out, but it would make Google's plans all the more confusing, as consumers would likely rather buy the phone through the normal carrier routes rather than from the internet – it might explain early sales of only 20,000.

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